2020-03-31

World News

'Can they get COVID-19?' and other questions about pets in a pandemic

We asked expert Sean Wensley how to care for pets during the coronavirus pandemic.

31/03/2020

Business

Czech microbreweries call for 'beer paramedics' amid lockdown hangover

With bars and restaurants closed, Czech microbreweries have had revenue cut and been left with soon-to-expire beer.

31/03/2020

World News

Euroviews. Leaders need to act now to lift barriers to a post-coronavirus recovery for distillers ǀ View

The interconnected nature of our countries (which allowed this virus to spread so quickly) will ironically be the antidote to the disastrous economic implications we can expect. International trade is the accelerant that will get our economies moving again.

31/03/2020

World News

Euroviews. Parliaments must continue to function and serve the people during the coronavirus pandemic ǀ View

We in the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly stand ready to assist national parliaments and work with governments in sharing best practices and ensuring that their essential services continue.

31/03/2020

The Cube

Viber messaging platform is latest to counter COVID-19 misinformation

Viber has become the latest platform to team up with WHO and create a 'chatbot' where people can ask the most commonly asked questions about the coronavirus pandemic.

31/03/2020

Greece

Greece uses TV to teach school children during COVID-19 lockdown

The Greek state broadcaster ERT has started offering lessons on television for children kept out of class because of the coronavirus lockdown.

31/03/2020

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Indian police wear coronavirus helmets to spread lockdown message

It's certainly an unusual way of getting people to stay at home.

31/03/2020

World News

Euroviews. Without continued aid, the next migrant crisis will be people fleeing coronavirus not war ǀ View

Coronavirus is currently tearing its way through the Western world. But the loss of life, destruction of the economy and paralysis of infrastructure will be exponentially worse in the developing world - and it could lead to a migrant crisis the likes of which Europe has never seen before.

31/03/2020

Ocean

What’s killing our underwater ecosystems?

In partnership with the European Commission

One million land and marine species may become extinct, many within decades. What could Europe do to preserve and restore its marine biodiversity?

31/03/2020

Ocean

The importance of restoring marine biodiversity

In partnership with the European Commission

Facing the challenge of up to one million land and marine species becoming extinct within decades, scientists in Crete who are looking at ways to restore marine diversity.

31/03/2020

Italy

‘More dogs around than people’: Life in lockdown from a bench in Milan

The abundance of green areas in my neighbourhood has made 'quarantine' more bearable, says Alessio Dell'Anna, a journalist based in Milan.

31/03/2020

World News

Number of Brits granted EU citizenship has doubled since referendum

In 2018 UK nationals were the seventh biggest recipients of EU citizenships.

31/03/2020

World News

Cargo flights stay airborne as air traffic disappears during pandemic

Data from Eurocontrol shows that the number of traditional and low-cost flights across Europe have significantly reduced since mid-March but cargo flights hardly been reduced.

31/03/2020

World

COVID-19 survivors bring hope and purpose to Spanish hospital workers

Spain is among the countries worst hit by the coronavirus crisis, but the number of patients recovering from COVID-19 far outnumbers the casualties. Among them are thousands of hospital workers now returning to the frontline to fight the pandemic.

31/03/2020

Austria

COVID-19: Vienna residents visit Plague Column to ask for protection

Vienna's Plague Column, erected after the Great Plague of 1679, has become a site of pilgrimage as the country battles the COVID-19 pandemic.

31/03/2020

Europe News

'Absolutely unacceptable': MEP slams Hungary's emergency COVID-19 law

'It means the suspension of parliamentary democracy in Hungary,' said one MEP, reacting to Hungary's emergency coronavirus legislation

31/03/2020

Earth News

Hope for animals threatened by Australian bushfire devastation

Several populations on Kangaroo Island, feared to be gone forever, have been spotted as habitats recover.

31/03/2020

China

Explainer: What is coronavirus and how is it transmitted?

All you need to know about the pandemic.

31/03/2020

Belgium

Two COVID-19 infected children, aged 12 and 13, die in Belgium and UK

The girl had suffered from a fever for three days and tested positive for coronavirus, says the Belgian health authority.

31/03/2020

Ukraine

Ukraine lifts ban on sale of farmland in bid to receive IMF funds

Ukraine's parliament passed legislation to allow people to sell farmland in a bid to receive grant money from the International Monetary Fund.

31/03/2020

Europe News

Coronavirus in Europe: one million job losses in two weeks

Trade unions are calling on the EU to save jobs with income replacement systems. For this to work, a 200-400 billion euro fund is needed

31/03/2020

World News

Rain, floods and confused seals: Inside Antarctica's hottest summer

Dana Bergstrom spent this summer - like many others - on the ice. She'd never seen it like this before.

31/03/2020

World

Baby blues as some mothers separated from newborn amid COVID-19 fears

You’re finding self-isolation hard? Some parents are now being separated from their babies immediately after birth.

31/03/2020

World News

Sign up to Euronews' dedicated COVID-19 newsletter

The COVID-19 pandemic is proving to be the greatest challenge to European Union in modern times - a test it cannot afford to fail. Sign up to our new #coronavirus newsletter for the best news, interviews and analysis from Europe.

31/03/2020

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Messages of support for health workers displayed on Egyptian pyramid

Authorities in Egypt lit up the pyramids on Monday night in an expression of support for health workers battling the coronavirus outbreak. 'Stay home, Stay safe, Thank you to those keeping us safe', read the message emblazoned on the Great Pyramid of Giza.

31/03/2020

World News

Could the coronavirus pandemic lead to mass surveillance in Europe?

Life has been upended across Europe. But the coronavirus pandemic has opened up a key question: where is the balance between privacy and public health during this crisis?

31/03/2020

United Kingdom

Coronavirus: UK to organise rescue flights for Britons stranded abroad

The UK government has pledged £75m (€84m) to help airlines with special charter flights to repatriate tens of thousands of UK nationals.

31/03/2020

World News

'We haven't had fresh air in days': COVID-19 ship still stuck at sea

Holland America director Orlando Ashford has urged the authorities in Florida to act with humanity and allow the passengers to disembark.

31/03/2020